# Cobbinshaw

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                          = Scotland
| static_image_name                = Fishermen's Jetty at Cobbinshaw Reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 618321.jpg
| static_image_caption             = Fishermen's Jetty at Cobbinshaw Reservoir
| coordinates                      = {{coord|55.803|-3.577|display=inline,title}}
| official_name                    = Cobbinshaw
| population                       =
| os_grid_reference                = NT011577
| civil_parish                     = [West Calder](/source/West_Calder)
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [West Lothian](/source/West_Lothian)
| unitary_scotland                 = [West Lothian](/source/West_Lothian)
| constituency_westminster         = [Livingston](/source/Livingston_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [Almond Valley](/source/Almond_Valley_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency))
| post_town                        = WEST CALDER
| postcode_district                = EH55
| postcode_area                    = EH
| dial_code                        = 01501 
}}

'''Cobbinshaw''' is a small hamlet in [West Lothian](/source/West_Lothian), Scotland.  It is at the end of a dead end road from nearby [Woolfords](/source/Woolfords).

Cobbinshaw is at {{convert|1000|ft}} above sea level on the edge of the [Pentland Hills](/source/Pentland_Hills). Nearby villages include Woolfords, [Auchengray](/source/Auchengray) and [Tarbrax](/source/Tarbrax). It is next to [Cobbinshaw Reservoir](/source/Cobbinshaw_Reservoir), built in 1818 to supply water for the [Union Canal](/source/Union_Canal_(Scotland)).

==History==
 
In 1685 Walter [Lord Torphichen](/source/Lord_Torphichen) sold the lands of Camilty and north and south Cobbinshaw to William Tennant.

==Transport==
It once had its own [railway station](/source/Cobbinshaw_railway_station) on the [Caledonian Railway](/source/Caledonian_Railway)'s Edinburgh to [Carstairs](/source/Carstairs_railway_station) Line. The station was located north of [Auchengray railway station](/source/Auchengray_railway_station).

== References ==
Papers of Lord Torphichen in the National Archives of Scotland GD119/405

==External links==
{{Commons category|Cobbinshaw}}
*[http://www.scottishshale.co.uk/GazVillages/CobbinshawSouthVillage.html Museum of the Scottish shale oil industry - Cobbinshaw South Village]
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22050 Vision of Britain - Cobbinshaw]

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Category:Villages in West Lothian

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